Sewing kit



F. W. WATSON Dec. 298, 1937.

SEWING KIT Filed Sept. 1, 1936 INVENTOR.

Patented Dec. 28, 1937 SEWING KIT Frederick W. Watson, New York, N. Y., assignor to Security Products Corporation, New York,

N. Y., a corporation Application September 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a sewing kit, and its principal objects are to provide an article for this purpose which will be conveniently utilizable, conveniently and economically manufacturable, salable at low cost, compact, strong, durable, and improved.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawing,-

Fig. 1 shows a front elevation of the kit, as it appears while it is in its open or utilizable state.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional side elevation of the kit shown in Fig. 1.

Figs. 3, 4, 5 are views showing details of the kit, as they appear before assemblage.

Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 are respectively an elevation and cross-sectional side view of the kit of this invention, as it appears when completely assembled and in closed or fastened state during non-use.

The kit I comprises a receptacle 2, which is elongated, semi-circular in cross-sectional configuration, and provided with circular rimmed heads 3, as shown. From the edge or side 4 of said receptacle projects a cloth 5, preferably of felt, for pinning thereto needles, pins, or similar sewing articles, while the tray-like receptacle 2 is adapted to hold cotton spools 6, a thimble I, or other additional sewing articles, as illustrated. From the same side 4 projects also a sheet 8, of any suitable material, over the cloth 5, and the sheet with the cloth are adapted to roll circularly around the receptacle 2 with its heads 3 and together to envelop the latter completelyin the manner shown in Fig. '7, the sheet 5 serving to close up the receptacle 2, and the sheet 8 enwrapping said former sheet, receptacle, and entire kit, as illustrated in Fig. 6. A pair of cooperating snap fastener devices 9, I0, secured to sheet 8 at I I, I2, may be then interlocked to efficiently retain the kit in closed state during non-use, with its contents held compactly therewithin, the whole article then presenting an attractive, convenient, and

cartridge like body, as shown in Figs. 6, 7. When' it is desired to use the kit, it is unfastened and at once opened up to the position and appearance illustrated in Figs. 1, 2.

When manufacturing this kit, the sheet 8 and cloth 5 are secured to each other by parallel lines of stitching II, I2, the line II being close to the edges I3, I4 of the sheet and cloth respectively, and the line I2 being situated remote therefrom, so as to form a tube I5, Fig. 3. There is provided a send-cylindrical body I6, Figs. 4, 5, of rigid ma of New York 1, 1936, Serial No. 98,862

terial such as metal, having at its ends the rimmed circular heads 3, and in assembling the kit the body I6 is inserted clear through the tube I5. The width of sheet 8 is equal to the entire length of the body I6 including the rims 3a. of heads 3, while the cloth 5 is only wide enough to fall within the said rims. After insertion of the body I6 within the tube I5 the cloth portion I5a of the latter is pressed thereinto, which action simultaneously stretches the sheet portion I5b of the tube over the exterior surface of the body I6, whereby the body and tube become at once assembled to'form the completed receptacle 2, with the cloth portion I5aI constituting a lining therefor and the sheet and cloth projecting from the side 4 of the receptacle, as clearly seen in Fig. 2. The diameter of lined receptacle 2 is preferably of a size to snugly receive the thread spools 6.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:-

1. A sewing kit having the combination of a sheet of material, an entirely separate sheet of material for pinning articles thereto, both of said sheets being elongated and secured to each other so as to form a. transversely disposed tube, an elongated receptacle adapted to enter longitudinally into said tube, a portion of said tube being inserted into said receptacle to constitute a lining therefor, the balance of said tube covering the exterior of said receptacle, both of said sheets projecting from said receptacle as free leaves and being adapted to wrap together in concomitance and in a manner freely shiftable relatively to each other around said receptacle, said second sheet serving to close up the receptacle and said first sheet enwrapping said second sheet and entire kit, and said first sheet having fastening means to maintain it in enwrapped state.

2. A sewing kit having the combination of a sheet of material, an entirely separate sheet of material, both of said sheets being secured to each other so as to form a tube, a receptacle adapted to enter into said tube, one of the sheets forming said tube being inserted into said receptacle to constitute a lining therefor, the balance of said tube covering the exterior of said receptacle, and the balance of the sheet comprising the cover for the exterior of said receptacle adapted to wrap around the receptacle and having fastening means to maintain it in enwrapped state.

FREDERICK W. WATSON. 

